P3D RE:Scanners

["Perry, Duane " <PerryD@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:36:58 -0600
From: Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Could anyone on this list tell me what scanner equipment is available,
>>if any, that can handle Stereo Realist slides (of which I have taken

I have read a lot about the HP PhotoSmart S20 which scans 35mm film, slides
and prints up to 5x7.  It has a USB interface and retails for $500.  I have
read good reviews and it seems like it would cover a lot of my needs.  I
always assumed that I would scan each half of a Realist format slide
separately and then combine and align them in Paint Shop Pro.  Anyone out
there using this scanner or its SCSI older brother?  I would love to have
one of the Nikon scanners that automatically try to remove dust and
scratches but they are a lot more money.  I can see zillions of hours tied
up in digitizing my old photos, my fear is I will complete this monumental
task and someone will come out with new scanner that renders everything I
did to the "old technology" pile of things I will never use again.  I took
about a thousand b/w pictures of my old high school basketball teams when
they had a memorable streak of good teams and I would like to put all of
them on a CD so that as many people as possible could enjoy them.  I would
like for people to be able to print out 8x10's that look sharp, is 1600x1200
about right?  How large are grey-scale files at that resolution?

Duane Perry